Synonym(s)
brown lipoma; Hibernoma; Lipoma brown
HistoryThis section has been translated automatically.
Merkel, 1906; Gery, 1914
DefinitionThis section has been translated automatically.
Very rare, benign tumour of about 5.0-10.0 cm in size, slowly developing from brown fatty tissue with unchanged skin surface.
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ManifestationThis section has been translated automatically.
Preferably occurring in young adults of both sexes.
LocalizationThis section has been translated automatically.
Mostly located between the shoulder blades, supraclavicularly or in the armpits. More rarely occurring on the head, neck, abdominal wall, fossa politea and internal organs.
HistologyThis section has been translated automatically.
There are lobed nodes with variable admixture of plurivacuolar adipocytes. Molecular biological side 11q13-21 rearrangements are characteristic.
Differential diagnosisThis section has been translated automatically.
Rhabdomyoma; granular cell tumor.
TherapyThis section has been translated automatically.
Excision for cosmetic or functionally disturbing tumours.
LiteratureThis section has been translated automatically.
- Gery L (1914) Discussion of: Bondell MF, Tumor du creaux de líaissele. Bull Mem Soc Anat (Paris) 89: 110-112
- Lischner S et al (2002) Lipoma of the lip. A rare differential diagnosis. dermatologist 53: 400-402
- Leonhardt J et al (2004) Imaging characteristics of childhood lipoblastoma. Rofo Progression Rontgenstr New Imaging Procedure 176: 972-975
- Mentzel T (2016) Mesenchymal tumors of the skin. In: Cerroni L et al. histopathology of the skin. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New-York S 77!
- Mentzel T (2000) Lipomatous tumors of the skin and soft tissue. New entities and concepts. Pathologist 21: 441-448
- Merkel H (1906) About a pseudolipoma of the mamma (peculiar fat cell tumor). Article Pathol Anat Allg Pathol 39: 152-157
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Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer